Very sad story, and very emotional photo. Keep yourself well, Ann!
Boris ann sanfedele wrote: > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5471914 > > > I've been pretty much away - > My friend Nora died on January 11th at 89 - > We had been friends for over 40 years. > NOt unexpected, but sad for the survivors, nonetheless. > > She was sent off in royal style, in a very touching fashion. > Her kids asked me to take photos of the proceedings, the > party celebrating her, the burial and the interior of the house > before things were taken down and stored or sold or passed on > to children, grand children and great grand children... not that I > had not already taken many pictures there - there were specific > things that were especially treasured they wanted to remember as > she had arranged them. > > She would have preferred scattered ashes to burial, but these things > are for those left behind and she tacitly consented. > > As it happens, the cemetery is the very one which Nora took me to > in 1978 to point out the "No Permanent Planting" sign that is in my book. > Alas, it has been replaced with "No dogs allowed in Cemetery". > > ann > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
